globalchange  > 过去全球变化的重建
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2016.07.033
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84981201010
论文题名:
The environment of the Ethiopian highlands at the Mid Pleistocene Transition: Fauna, flora and hominins in the 850-700 ka sequence of Gombore II (Melka Kunture)
作者: Mussi M.; Altamura F.; Bonnefille R.; De Rita D.; Melis R.T.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2016
卷: 149
起始页码: 259
结束页码: 268
语种: 英语
英文关键词: East African Acheulean ; Fossil footprints ; Hippopotamus amphibius ; Homo erectus s.l. adaptability ; Melka Kunture ; Mid Pleistocene Transition
Scopus关键词: Animals ; Biodiversity ; Isotopes ; East africans ; Fossil footprints ; Hippopotamus amphibius ; Homo erectus ; Melka Kunture ; Pleistocene ; Volcanoes ; Acheulean ; adaptation ; climate variation ; environmental conditions ; fauna ; flora ; footprint ; fossil record ; hominid ; palynology ; Pleistocene ; recolonization ; ungulate ; upland region ; volcanic eruption ; East African Rift ; Ethiopia ; Ethiopian Rift ; Melka Kunture ; Hippopotamus amphibius ; Homo erectus
英文摘要: Environment, climatic change and human evolution have been debated over the last 50 years giving special attention to the Plio-Pleistocene sites of the Rift Valley. In this paper we discuss the environment and the limits of hominin adaptability based on evidence from Melka Kunture, at 2000 m asl on the Ethiopian highlands, and specifically on the ∼850 ka to ∼700 ka sequence at sub-site Gombore II. Human fossils and multiple Acheulean occurrences, as well as hippo remains and footprints, combined with palynological analysis, provide a highly detailed chronological resolution of the changing local environmental conditions during the last ∼150 ka of the MPT (Mid Pleistocene Transition), including the sequence of events after a volcanic eruption. Layers containing footprints and fossils are evidence of near-continuous occupation by hippos and their recolonization of the area after a disruptive volcanic eruption. Conversely, Acheulean implements and human fossils suggest that peopling by hominins occurred at a different and discontinuous pace even when the flora and fauna were re-established and the environment was rather stable. Most notably, the assembled evidence points to the limits of Homo erectus s.l. adaptability. Apparently, this hominin could no longer live at 2000 m asl when the climate deteriorated during glacial isotopic stage 20, becoming markedly colder than it is today, but re-colonized the area when the climate turned warmer again during isotopic stage 19. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/59471
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作者单位: Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità, Università di Roma Sapienza, Piazzale A. Moro 5, Rome, Italy; Italian Archaeological Mission at Melka Kunture and Balchit, Ethiopia; Cerege, CNRS, Université Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence cedex 08, France; Dipartimento di Scienze, Università di Roma Tre, Largo San Leonardo Murialdo 1, Rome, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze chimiche e geologiche, Università di Cagliari, Via Trentino 51, Cagliari, Italy

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Mussi M.,Altamura F.,Bonnefille R.,et al. The environment of the Ethiopian highlands at the Mid Pleistocene Transition: Fauna, flora and hominins in the 850-700 ka sequence of Gombore II (Melka Kunture)[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2016-01-01,149
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